1. How many potholes were reported on Devon roads in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017? Please provide the data broken down by year, for example:
Year | Number of potholes reported on the roads
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2. How many potholes were repaired by Devon County Council in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017? Please provide the data broken down by year, for example:
Year | Number of potholes repaired by the council
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
In response to questions 1 and 2, this information for the years 2018- 2020 is available by reference to a response to a previous request for information
In 2017, we can confirm that 48,281 potholes were reported/repaired So far in 2021, we can confirm that 45,058 potholes have been reported and inspected.
3. Which Devon roads are currently listed as being in need of resurfacing by the council due to potholes?
We do not hold a central record of this information. We can confirm the following information on researching:
A roads length of scheme = 100 metres, pothole cluster interval = 5 and minimum cluster count = 2. This brings up 196 schemes
B roads length of scheme = 200 metres, pothole cluster interval = 5 and minimum cluster count = 2. This brings up 155 schemes
C roads length of scheme = 200 metres, pothole cluster interval = 5 and minimum cluster count = 2. This brings up 1,535 schemes
U/C roads length of scheme = 100 metres, pothole cluster interval = 5 and minimum cluster count = 2. This brings up 2,821 schemes
To extract from this where these schemes are in Devon would take further analysis and a review of each of these individual schemes, which totals 4,707. This would be manifestly unreasonable and the public interest served by this information does not outweigh the maintaining the exception. This information is therefore exempt from disclosure pursuant to Part 12(5) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004
4. How much money was spent fixing potholes on Devon roads in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017? Please provide the data broken down by year, for example:
Year | The amount of money spent fixing potholes
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
Please refer to the response provided to questions 1 and 2. In 2017, the safety budget was £5,084,935.00 and in 2021, the safety budget for 2021/22 is £4.5m
5. How many personal injury claims where a pothole was listed as the reason have been brought against the council in the past five years? Please provide the data broken down by year, for example:
Year | Number of personal injury claims where potholes were listed as the reason brought against the council
2021 32
2020 56
2019 41
2018 42
2017 49
6. How many personal injury claims where a pothole was listed as the reason were settled by the council in the past five years? Please provide the data broken down by year, for example:
Year | Number of personal injury claims where potholes were listed as the reason settled by the council
2021 0
2020 4
2019 1
2018 0
2017 5
7. How much money did the council pay in personal injury settlements where potholes were listed as the main reason for the claim? Please provide the data broken down by year, for example:
Year | The amount of money the council paid in personal injury settlements where potholes were listed as the main reason for the claim
2021 0
2020 £20,979
2019 £10,000
2018 0
2017 £22,974